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Damn you, Capcom. Why do you tease? This has to be the zillionth time you’ve advertised a fake game that I’d kill to actually play.Lego Strider, the NESDark Voidport, all just as awesome as (if not more awesome than) your real games. This one takes the cake though. This is the fake Capcom game I want above all others. Around the time that Marvel Vs. Capcom was first released, Capcom promoted the game with theirSecret File magazine, which includeda flierforRockman V: Confrontation!...

Here are some screenshots forSerious Sam 3: BFE, which I am playing a preview build of right now and can confirm is pretty damn badass.Serious Samfans are in for a treat, because it provides everything you expect of the game — big guns, ridiculous enemies, and … wait, that’s all we need. My build is still an early one that needs a lot of development, but it’s already looking cool and feels solid....

As planned, theDragon Age: OriginsCharacter Creatorhit the Internet earlier yesterday afternoon. Made available so players could get a jump on the game instead of staring at a creation screen for the first few hours, it doesn’t disappoint. Then again, it isn’t an ambitious downloadable — it’s just a character creator. I would find it hard to believe that such a thing could fail. Especially when it’s so easy to make me with it....

I hateZeldabecause of Water temples. I almost hatedDarksidersbecause of the Black Tower. The other night I finished my plod to the main boss of the Black Tower, an ebony maze in Vigil Games’sDarksiders. Its convoluted multi-tiered design andPortal-like mechanics drove my pre-frontal cortex to exhaustion — the chariot driver was no longer controlling the wild horses. “Samael can f–cking blow me,” I announced to the TV as I attempted to adjust neon blue beams inside the tower’s gothic innards....

You know what we need? More games where you fight alongside a dog. And since Sega seems to refuse to give us anotherShadow Dancer, I suppose this will do — Namco Bandai has announced thatDead to Rights: Retributionis coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this year. Described as a “reimagining” of the series, the title will be developed byVolatile Games(Reservoir Dogs), and will feature a “new hybrid combat system....

Today on Destructoid Live we will be flexing our skills with the wacky PlayStation 3 gameCho Aniki. Join Venom, Carnage, and Pico as we square off in this competition of bulk and skill. Destructoid Live streams daily onJustin.Tv/Destructoidat 4PM Pacific on weekdays and 12PM Pacific on weekends.

I’ve ostensibly guaranteed that Square Enix will never send me a review copy again.

When I sat down to play Big Head Games’Elefunkfor the first time, I was unprepared. I didn’t realize that a physics-based game starring an elephant could have depth. It did, and I filed the simple observation in a folder in my brain marked, “Who saw that coming?” That folder also contains the memory of a shattered kneecap (frisbee accident) and the final boss battle inDead Space. I enjoyedElefunk, so when I found out that Big Head was doing an iPhone title calledRetro, I rushed to the iTunes App Store to see what the studio could do on the platform....

After some technical difficulties last night, the great eye of the universe has finally opened. Gaze into it, and you will see the yesterday’s episode ofThe Destructoid Show. In this episode, Nick Chester goes over new releases of the week, I shout moistly aboutDuty Callsand theXperia Play, and then Tara rudely interrupts me to discuss those awfulAngry Birdsshe’s so fascinated by. We discuss the lack of comedy in games, and howTim Schaferwent to my high school....

In a continual effort of bringing classic games to the Nintendo Wii, the Virtual Console squeezed out four old titles this week. Take a look at what you may waste your money on: New Adventure Island(TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points) Streets of Rage(Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) What do you think about this week’s releases? Worth a download? See anything more exciting than the voting channel? Check out the full descriptions after the jump....

Since we entered into this generation of consoles, I have patiently waited for a game that could truly deliver realistic destruction on a massive scale. Thousands of games have come to market since then, but none have allowed me to satisfy my need to blow sh*t up … until now. After the break, you’ll find a video in which the fine people at Volition, Inc. give us a glimpse of what to expect from their upcoming third-person shooter,Red Faction: Guerrilla....

Pop ‘n Musicis one of those arcade games that is justhardcore. I don’t have the the ability to focus as well as those people do, so I flounder quickly. But that’s partially because I don’t get enough practice with it. Thankfully, Konami has come to the rescue, and announced that they’re bringingPop ‘n Musicto the Wii. The game is set to launch this Fall with a “variety of original and licensed music,” although they don’t quite give hints to any of the songs that’ll be included — the only extra info we’ve got is that there’ll be competition and battle modes for you and your friends....

As youmay know by now, Microsoft has turned me off of Kinect completely thanks to its pretentious shenanigans. However, the BBC seems to agree that Kinect is not made of hot stuff, although for a far less personal reason. According to the British outlet, Kinect just can’t match Move for accuracy. The BBC said that while Kinect was fine for “Wii-like games where you don’t need much precision,” it didn’t feel very accurate and there was room for skepticism when considering how it would handle more “hardcore” titles....